0 a (type of) film, play, or book that is intentionally funny either in its characters or its action:
1 a movie, play, or book that is intentionally amusing either in its characters or its action:
'Modern Times' is a classic comedy starring Charlie Chaplin, the grandaddy of comic actors.
He tried to do a comedy routine, but all his jokes fell flat .
Earlier comedies in the mode of romance tended to suppress this insight.
His early comedies might have been taken to represent an unheard-of civility from the back of beyond.
Three separate archival records identify a parlour as a venue for comedies.
